The Crew

A cool action crime drama from France. It's got a decent pace, except that the bank robbery plot seems to go on and on and it's not very refreshing. Plus for realism. 65%. (01/20/2017)

The Crew is a standard French crime flick in which the protagonists are “honorable thieves”, but the plan goes off the rails and they have to become killers in order to survive. Of course, the most charismatic of them draws the rest of the crew, including his younger brother, into a life of crime, and his own mother condemns him for it. And even he would prefer to give it up and get back together with his pretty ex-wife, but... Cliché stacked on top of cliché, but it’s entertaining as an action flick with a flowing plot. (02/14/2021)

Julien Leclercq is no newcomer to being a director, and his film The Assault is one of the best genre films with perfectly shot action, so I expected something similar from The Crew, and it delivered. Firstly, I must point that I did not know the actors, but I got used to them after a few minutes without any major problems. The main character is quite likable, and the other actors support him well. I would describe the plot as ordinary, nothing out of the norm. The action scenes are essentially flawless, and without a doubt, I would include the two perfectly shot head-on car crashes among the best movie scenes, which even gave me a slight chill. As the French have proven many times before, the shootouts here are also among the best you can get in films worldwide. In this category, the "Land of the Gallic Rooster" is among the very best. The ending was quite well wrapped up, and I can only recommend it to all fans of quality detective films. I give it 74%. (05/06/2017)

It’s true that The Crew brings nothing new. On the other hand, the movie involves a whole bunch of tough guys and fate would have it that every single one of them is a native Frenchman. Just look at the names of the actors – Sami Bouajila, Youssef Hajdi or Baya Belal. In their defense, I have to say that in terms of acting, their faces did the trick portraying the toughness. For instance, Sami Bouajila convinced me to google him to find out whether such a good actor was born a Muslim. I didn’t end up finding out, but what I did find out after watching the movie was that I had a hell of a time watching it. And that’s definitely enough to keep me happy for a while. (04/24/2017)